#6A162B#6A162B

#6A162B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.117 H 11.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A162B
RGB	rgb(106, 22, 43)
HSL	hsl(345, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(345, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 59.4%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.04, 37.91, 9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.04, 39.02, 13.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.15% 0.1147 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(35.15% 0.117 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6675, 3.8134, 2.6700)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A162B #166A55

analogous

#6A1655 #6A162B #6A2B16

triadic

#6A162B #2B6A16 #162B6A

tetradic

#6A162B #556A16 #166A55 #2B166A

square

#6A162B #556A16 #166A55 #2B166A

split-complementary

#6A162B #166A2B #16556A

monochromatic

#19050A #370B16 #6A162B #9D2140 #CF2B54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#6A162B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#6A162B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A162B

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A162B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A162B	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a162b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 22, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.117 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9a5c64',
    500: '#6a162b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a162b;
$custom-light: #9a5c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a162b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35153,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A162B

secondary

#3BA087

accent

#E9BE3F

background

#FAF5F5

surface

#F3E9EA

border

#CDC5C6

text

#0F0405

muted

#7F7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A162B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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